The Australian Rugby Union has announced the dates for the Wallabies 2014 November tour, with fixtures against Six Nations Champions Ireland and next year's Rugby World Cup hosts England once again on the itinerary.

The tour will also include matches against the Barbarians (for the first time since 2011), Wales at the Millennium Stadium as well as against France in Paris.

Coach Ewen McKenzie will be looking for the trip to be as successful as last year's trip. After narrowly losing to England at Twickenham, Australia embarked on a four-match winning run, making it the most successful tour since 2008.

Tour fixtures

McKenzie is anticipating some hotly-contested battles. "The tour last year was the most successful in five years for the Wallabies and we'll be looking to improve on that come November," he said. "With the Rugby World Cup just a year away in England, we have scheduled five games against five teams that will bring a different style to each.

"We've got England and Wales in our pool for the Rugby World Cup and big improvers in France and Ireland, who just won the Six Nations. That will be a good challenge for us. We'll also get a chance to play two games at Twickenham - the venue where two of our pool games will take place - as part of a tour that should help further our preparations ahead of the World Cup."